GAME 6 - Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Rider Broncs (2-3) vs. Norfolk State Spartans (4-6)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Live Audio – None
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB

What You Need To Know
- Rider and NSU are meeting for the first time in the two programs' histories.
- Rider has lost two-straight at West Virginia and Hofstra. The Broncs have outshot the opposition in each of the last two games, but has been outrebounded and outscored in second-chance points in both contests.
- The Broncs shot a season-high 57.4 percent (27-47) at Hofstra, including 65.2 percent (15-23) in the first half and 47.6 percent (10-21) overall beyond the arc.
- The Spartans are led by Nic Thomas at 14.5 points per game. Steven Whitley has added 10.1 points per game, while Alex Long (9.9 ppg.) and Jordan Butler (8.9 ppg., team-high 5.1 rpg.) have also made strong contributions. Mastadi Pitt leads NSU at 3.0 assists per game.
- NSU has four wins, though only one has come against a Division I opponent.
- Rider had five players in double figures at West Virginia, led by Frederick Scott's 17 points. Stevie Jordan (13), Dimencio Vaughn (11), Jordan Allen (11) and Anthony Durham (10) also scored at least 10 points.
- Dimencio Vaughn was named MAAC Player of the Week on Nov. 26 after averaging 19.0 points per game in a pair of victories over Coppin State and Wagner.
- Jordan Allen buried six three pointers and scored a team-high 24 points in the Broncs' 89-65 road win at Wagner. Stevie Jordan also dished out 10 assists, his fifth-career game with double-digit dimes.
- Allen has now buried three or more trifectas in 22 of 36 career games played. 
- Rider was picked to win the MAAC after winning the 2017-18 MAAC Regular Season Championship.
- The Broncs returned all five starters, their top six scorers and 95 percent of their scoring from last year's team.
- Jordan ranks 9th in program history with 369 assists, more than halfway to Deon Hames' program record of 598.
- Seventh-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 109-92 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.